Dispensing apparatus.



P. G. NESTOR.

DISPENSING APPARATUS. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1908.

91 2,603. Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

UNITED sTATnsPATENT orrion.

PATRICK o. NESTOR, or GERMANTOWRTENNSYLVANIA.

' DISPENSING arreaa'ros;

Application filed Jun'e Specification of Letters Patent.

5, 1908 Serial No. 436,967.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

' To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK (J. NESTOR, a

; subject of the King of England, residing at Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia and State'of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Dispensing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing ap aratus and more particularly to demijoffns and similarreceptacles for holding spirituous liquors.

The object of theinvention is. to provide simple means whereby the contents. of the.- receptacle may be readily subjected to air pressure so that when the outlet. of the receptacle is opened the liquid contents thereof will be expelled. I

. Another object is to grievide simple means for compressing air wit the receptacle and for controlling the air pressure.

--Withthese and other ob 'ects in View the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations'of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

.'In.s aid drawings: Figure 1 is 'a vertical section through the a paratus; section on line AB, Fig. 1. Referring to the figures'by characters of reference, 1 desi nates a rece tacle referg E P ably in the form of a demijo 11 having" an inlet opening 2 within a neck 3 preferably exteriorly screw threaded so as to be engaged by a screw cap, not showmor other'suitable closure. An opening 4 is formed in the top of the rece tacle and has a tube 5 secured therein an extending downward to a point close to the bottom of .the receptacle. A flexible outlet tube 6 extends from the opening 4 and has a nozzle 7 secured to its free.

end. This nozzle -has an elongated tubular outlet 8 preferably slightly tapered and said outlet is normally closed by means of a valve 9 disposed to be held u on its seat by aspring 10 housed within t e nozzle. A stem 11 extends from the valve and through one wall of the nozzle and has a button 12 thereon designed to be depressed by a finger of the handgrasping the nozzle so as to. open the valve.

A valve casing 13'is secured to the top of the rece tacle and has 'anoutlet 14in the outer en thereof normally closed by 'a valve .nected to an angular arm 27.

' whio through tubes 5 an work Within the 'cyhnder. The rod 25 of* the piston reeiprocates within the removable upper head 26- of the. cylinder and is con- This arm overhangs the cylinder and extends therebelow, it beingmounted to slide vertically in a supporting bracket 28 on which the cylinder 22 is mounted. A treadle or foot plate 29 is arranged at the lower end of arm 27 and below the cylinder, there being a guide cleat 30 u on the wall of the receptacle 1 and cooperates with the bracket 28 to properly guide. the .foot plate. A coiled spring 31 is interposed between the head 26 ,and the upper portionof arm 27 and serves to hold 'i'ston 24 and foot plate 29 normally elevated? When it is desired to use the apparatus herein described the rece tacle 1 1s partly filled with the liquid to e dispensed after which the inlet opening 2 is closed. The operator then actuates the pump piston by.

means of the foot late29 until a desired pressure is obtained within the receptacle, air being conveyed from the 'to the receptacle through pipe 20. t of course beunderstood that thispres sure will be suf-.

ficient to hold the valves 1-5 and 19 normally closed,-but in order -to insure the closing of the valve, springs are preferably provided,

as shown in the drawings. To withdraw a portion of the liquid the outlet tube 8 is- 1nserted into the bottle or other receptacle to be filled and valve 9 is opened by pressing on button 12. The liquid will therefore be forced by the com ressed air outwardly button 17 so as to unseat valve 15. g

It will be seen .that this apparatus 1s very simpleand eflicient and because of its comact nature it can be conven ently stored and andled. p

6. Should it be de-" sired-to exhaust the compressed air from re-' .ceptacle 1 it is merely necessary to push on an exhaust valve; of a pump cylinder outside of and carried by the receptacle, a valved tubular connection between said cylinder and the receptacle, an angular arm overhanging the cylinder and extending therebelow, a piston within the cylinder and connected to said arm, elastic means interposed between the arm and the cylinder for holding the kpiston and arm normally 1n predetermine position, a cylinder supporting bracket upon the receptacle, a guide cleat upon the receptacle, and a foot-plate slid 5 ably mounted within the bracket and guidecleat and connected to one end portion of the arm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature 20 in the presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK O. NESTOR.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. HARTIGAN, MICHAEL KEELEY. 

